HTMLMediaElement: play event

The play event is fired when the paused property is changed from true to false, as a result of the play method, or the autoplay attribute.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("play", (event) => { })

onplay = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's play event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing.

Using addEventListener():

const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.addEventListener("play", (event) => {
  console.log(
    "The Boolean paused property is now 'false'. Either the play() method was called or the autoplay attribute was toggled.",
  );
});

Using the onplay event handler property:

const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.onplay = (event) => {
  console.log(
    "The Boolean paused property is now 'false'. Either the play() method was called or the autoplay attribute was toggled.",
  );
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Related Events

• The HTMLMediaElement playing event
• The HTMLMediaElement waiting event
• The HTMLMediaElement seeking event
• The HTMLMediaElement seeked event
• The HTMLMediaElement ended event
• The HTMLMediaElement loadedmetadata event
• The HTMLMediaElement loadeddata event
• The HTMLMediaElement canplay event
• The HTMLMediaElement canplaythrough event
• The HTMLMediaElement durationchange event
• The HTMLMediaElement timeupdate event
• The HTMLMediaElement pause event
• The HTMLMediaElement ratechange event
• The HTMLMediaElement volumechange event
• The HTMLMediaElement suspend event
• The HTMLMediaElement emptied event
• The HTMLMediaElement stalled event

See also

• HTMLAudioElement
• HTMLVideoElement
• <audio>
• <video>